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What kind of scale (vertical, horizzontal, "Skalensatz") for what purpose?

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minkepatt
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Hi List,

 

I'm actually playing around with Messiaen-Modes and so I'm asking myself, for what purpose shall I rather define a new "Skalensatz" (dunno the term in Engkish) than a vertical or horizontal scale -- and vice versa. Any suggestions?

 

best,

Minkepatt

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andre
Mon, 2011-01-17 - 20:56 Permalink

Modes are vertical (first choice), but you can use them in a horizontal role too. Synfire will create a horizontal version of the vertical scale automatically when needed (e.g. when you double-click on the vertical scale in the Catalog to open a palette).

By the way, if you open a palette on your scale, you can save the palette layout as a Scale Set (Skalensatz) to the Catalog using the Edit >> Save Scale Set to Catalog menu.

A palette is great if you want to immediately see which chords match your scale.